Category Archives: 4) Essays: Exploring English in Finnish Media and Social Media Settings
English in Instagram captions of Finnish radio stations
By Liisa, Topi and Eevaleena Introduction This essay discusses the use of English in the social media environment of Instagram. We have chosen to follow the Instagram accounts of three Finnish radio stations, the posts of which we have followed … Continue reading
English in Fintlant – A snapshot of how Finland is represented to non-natives
By Jenna, Miili and Arttu 1. Introduction Social media has become one of the greatest ways to exchange and converse information over the past two decades, and as a result the use of English has increased significantly on numerous platforms. … Continue reading
Blog entry #3 – English used in Finnish Twitter
By: Happy Frogs Introduction In our third blog entry, we analyze the use of English on the Twitter accounts of four Finnish public figures or institutions. The major point of interest in our analysis is whether the public status of … Continue reading
The presence of English in the website and social media channels of University of Jyväskylä
By Venla Hakola, Anni Räsänen and Eléna Vanrell Introduction The topic for this blog entry is English in Finnish media contexts. For this project, we studied the presence of English in the website and social media channels of University of … Continue reading
Blog entry 3 – r/Suomi in the grand scale of Reddit
Our last, but not least, blog entry will deal with a small sub-community within a significantly larger mega-community called Reddit. Reddit has around 330 million monthly users and contains a seemingly endless amount of sub-communities known as “subreddits”. In July … Continue reading
The use of English amongst Finnish tumblr users
By: Katarina Heikkinen & Laura Hotakainen For this blog post we wanted to focus on a social media site which we were both familiar with, which we both use and where we know that the users tend use English … Continue reading
English in a social media setting: An analysis of how three Finnish celebrities use English on Twitter
By: Sara Laitinen, Minna Leppänen and Anniina Mutanen Background and aims Twitter is an online social networking site that allows its users to communicate with their followers in 140 characters or less. The service was launched in 2006 and … Continue reading
English in Finnish Media Settings: Examining Titles of Foreign Films in Finland
Authors: Veikko Kaisto, Joel Romppainen, Maria Vornanen, Noora Väyrynen University of Oulu English in Finnish Media Settings: Examining Titles of Foreign Films in Finland The presence of the English language in Finland is perhaps most visible in the … Continue reading
Exploring Traditional and New Media Advertising on University Campus
Introduction In this paper, we are going to analyze advertisements of three different organizations or companies found on the bulletin boards at the University of Oulu. One of them advertises only in English and two of them mix Finnish and … Continue reading
English in a Finnish YouTube vlog – case study
1. Introduction English has become an essential part of Finnish media texts over the last few decades. As social media has gained platform as a relevant vehicle for communication also in Finland, English has made its way there as well. … Continue reading
English in Finland 